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A lil giddy 2024 family Jan 30, 2024

Do you ever just feel GIDDY with joy for no particular reason? I think I delight in those moments more than any others.

It’s easy to be joyful when everything is unicorns and rainbows, but on a normal Tuesday when 3 out of 4 kids are off school and you’re still in pajamas and the...
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A short story on motherhood 2024 family Jan 29, 2024
 

I dropped Roddy off at PBI yesterday, a he flies to San Diego and is away for the week and you know, it’s been an exhausting few weeks with Amelie being so sick and all. He feels a bit bad leaving me with all of it.

So I  said “As long as none of the kids are off sick this...

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No respite from life 2024 family Jan 06, 2024

We finished our Facebook live this morning, switched off Zoom, and we both just kind of sat there quietly for a second.

Amelie got readmitted to the hospital on Thursday, so there was another night of no sleep at the ER (deja vu after last week!) and then juggling the kids between us both...
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It's not all about mum 2022 family Aug 04, 2022

Well here we are again, what a relief to not have have to start the blog with "Wow, it's been a minute" because I wanted to get out part two before "the feeling" passed. Which means two blogs in one day. A new milestone. N'er to be repeated LOL

So there's always another side to a good story,...

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My Favorite Selfie 2022 family Aug 04, 2022

I think I might whoop myself upside my own head if I start another blog with "wow, it's been a minute"... but...

Wow, it's been a minute.

Some things I just feel, deep inside, I need to write about. Something happens, I take the time to process it... and then every now and again I am compelled to...

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The One Where My Mum Forgets Who I Am 2020 family Jul 29, 2020

We all go through "seasons", right? Ever find yourself in a really sucky season for much longer than you'd hoped? Yeah, same here.

I think I'm coming out of the darkest season of my life... it finally feels like there is a light at the end of the tunnel again (now, the goal is to get out of the...

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Thankful For The Little Things 2017 family Nov 23, 2017

So, I write this Thanksgiving 2017, from my kitchen table... still suffering the TMI remnants of a horrible stomach bug that has quickly made it's way through the entire Galbraith family (save Leon who is on constant toast-making and water-fetching duties).  We are watching back-to-back...

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Goodbye Little Brother 2017 family religion Sep 29, 2017

It's an incredibly special day tomorrow.  Tomorrow, Saturday 30th September, my little brother D, gets married.

I think I have all the usual feelings, D is in his early twenties (my parents after having 4 kids, had 2 bonus kids in their forties!) and I feel really proud.  I feel like,...

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Bigger Ones Are Little Too 2017 family Aug 15, 2017

So Amelie started school today, I didn't get a pic of her in her cute uniform as there were too many tears.

She went to bed late last night (not a good start) and set her alarm early... Now she's an early riser, but not good when you wake her up.... Normally she is out of bed, eaten breakfast...

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